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The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/578 · Made 3 March 2004

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 3rd March 2004

Laid before Parliament 12th March 2004

Coming into force 14th April 2004

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 4.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Dependency) (Permitted Earnings Limits) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 14th April 2004.

2Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children

In paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7f1 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for the amount of £160 there shall be substituted the amount of £165, and

(b)

in paragraph (b), for the amount of £20 there shall be substituted the amount of £21 and for the amount of £160 there shall be substituted the amount of £165.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Malcolm Wicks

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

3rd March 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Where a disablement pension with unemployability supplement is increased in respect of a child or children and the beneficiary is one of two persons who are spouses residing together or an unmarried couple, paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 provides that the increase shall not be payable in respect of the first child if the other person’s earnings are £160 a week or more and in respect of a further child for each complete £20 by which the earnings exceed £160. This Order increases the amounts of £160 to £165 and the amount of £20 to £21.

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